Tyrone Club Football and Hurling

[Club Rossa]

Very tame exit from Omagh this evening.they just didn't look up for it.Dromore were totally dominant with Paddy Montague having a great game in midfield.McMenamin,McCullagh and McCusker still the main men though,everything goes through them.

[skeog]

back to the drawing board for omagh need to bulk  up o neill cannot win games on his own against the harder teams oneill cup is a long way off on to days effort going to be an interesting final in two weeks with clonoe marginal favourites

[Archie Mitchell]

I thought Omagh were meant to win the All Ireland?

Some difference in Omagh team from the last game. When they are let play they can play some devastating football, but when it's put up to them, like today and last year v Carrickmore, they didn't have enough to get over the line. Dromore were dominant all over the pitch. O'Neill didn't get much joy from McCarron, but if he got more of the right ball or more help from his team would have fared better. Dromore's half back line were superb, they easily won midfield (who scored 5 points between them), McNabb put in a solid shift in half forward and McCusker and McCullagh ran the show.

Should be an interesting final. Clonoe won't hold back like Omagh did but I don't think Clonoe have enough firepower up front to put Dromore away.

[ExcellentDriver]

Apologies for the previous remark about Conan Campbell. I was totally out of order saying what I said.

[Any craic]

Watch first-half hilites from Dromore v Omagh, some great scores from Montague and Sludden - http://t.co/GEheBItV

[LeoMc]

Apologies for the previous remark about Conan Campbell. I was totally out of order saying what I said.

You could always delete it.

[LeoMc]

Never thought I would see so many non Dromore people happy with them winning a championship match but a lot of people appear to be happy to see Omagh out. It is not their success which has created this dislike so what is it?

[Tommo2]

only thing omagh can win is crying competitions

It's hard to have sympathy for Omagh. Wouldn't be Dromores biggest fan, but delighted to see Omgh bate.

Think it's because of their underage success a couple of yrs ago when they believed that was their Devine right to rule Tyrone football for the next 10 yrs.

[Up The Middle]

ExcellentDriver, it may be better to just either delete or amend the post in question so that the name in question is removed.

On the subject of referees, it's easy to slabber about them on an anonymous message board such as this. How many here (Gabriel excepted!) have went on referee's courses and taken on U14 and U16 games at competitive level? We allow players to have off days and bad performances but somehow we except referees to be perfect robots moulded on our own images. Newsflash - referees are human! And humans make mistakes. Some refs will make few mistakes, others will make more than average, and all of them have days where they weren't at their best and know it. Some refs can make huge howlers but are otherwise fine, while some make mistakes often in the smaller things. Some games are piss easy to referee if the two teams stick to the rules of the game free from cynicism, others are almost impossible to control. Many of us whinge when the ref gives a decision that doesn't go our way, but say nothing when it goes for us. If everyone expected perfection for the job you do, how many of us would hack it?

P.S. Mickey McCarron is a ref from my club. From what I heard the Galbally vs. Stewartstown game was not one of his best outings but until then I never heard many complaints about him and any game I've seen him referee has been OK without big incidents. Himself and our other main referee, Pat McAtee, only started grabbing the whistle a few years ago but both men rose quickly through the ranks and both of them are also dual refs who did both adult hurling county finals this year.


Ah give over everybody is entitled to their opinion

[Christmas Lights]

Congrats to Dromore on reaching the final today.  A lot of people I was speaking to fancied Omagh for some reason 
I never had a doubt myself that Dromore would defeat Omagh today.  Colly McCullaugh and Ricey are probably the two best club players in Tyrone so its a hell of a start to any team! 

Clonoe vs Dromore should be another barnstormer of a game.  I couldn't call that one!! 

Also, any reports of the intemediate reserve final before the Omagh / Dromore game today as I missed it but a few people where saying it was a very good game?  I see their is a right few Kildress posters here so maybe they can enlighten us.

[Milltown Row2]

Congrats to Dromore on reaching the final today.  A lot of people I was speaking to fancied Omagh for some reason 
I never had a doubt myself that Dromore would defeat Omagh today.  Colly McCullaugh and Ricey are probably the two best club players in Tyrone so its a hell of a start to any team! 

Clonoe vs Dromore should be another barnstormer of a game.  I couldn't call that one!! 

Also, any reports of the intemediate reserve final before the Omagh / Dromore game today as I missed it but a few people where saying it was a very good game?  I see their is a right few Kildress posters here so maybe they can enlighten us.

Did a pound bet (big spender ) 9 up and put Omagh in also, dicks lost well today, all that crap about being a great team swayed me. Even backed Clonoe minus 5 ah well always next week

[PatrickWhack]

Pig- Grunt- Kildress-



Congrats to Dromore on reaching the final today.  A lot of people I was speaking to fancied Omagh for some reason 
I never had a doubt myself that Dromore would defeat Omagh today.  Colly McCullaugh and Ricey are probably the two best club players in Tyrone so its a hell of a start to any team! 

Clonoe vs Dromore should be another barnstormer of a game.  I couldn't call that one!! 

Also, any reports of the intemediate reserve final before the Omagh / Dromore game today as I missed it but a few people where saying it was a very good game?  I see their is a right few Kildress posters here so maybe they can enlighten us.
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[Norf Tyrone]

Who was the Dromore number 6? Some fine scores there.

[maco]

Dromore number 6 was Niall Sludden.

[Quarterback]

ExcellentDriver, it may be better to just either delete or amend the post in question so that the name in question is removed.

On the subject of referees, it's easy to slabber about them on an anonymous message board such as this. How many here (Gabriel excepted!) have went on referee's courses and taken on U14 and U16 games at competitive level? We allow players to have off days and bad performances but somehow we except referees to be perfect robots moulded on our own images. Newsflash - referees are human! And humans make mistakes. Some refs will make few mistakes, others will make more than average, and all of them have days where they weren't at their best and know it. Some refs can make huge howlers but are otherwise fine, while some make mistakes often in the smaller things. Some games are piss easy to referee if the two teams stick to the rules of the game free from cynicism, others are almost impossible to control. Many of us whinge when the ref gives a decision that doesn't go our way, but say nothing when it goes for us. If everyone expected perfection for the job you do, how many of us would hack it?

P.S. Mickey McCarron is a ref from my club. From what I heard the Galbally vs. Stewartstown game was not one of his best outings but until then I never heard many complaints about him and any game I've seen him referee has been OK without big incidents. Himself and our other main referee, Pat McAtee, only started grabbing the whistle a few years ago but both men rose quickly through the ranks and both of them are also dual refs who did both adult hurling county finals this year.

The two men you have mentioned have been poor over the past year.  Is it true that Mc Carron has never actually played football?  Mc Carrorns preformance in the semi final Galbally v Stewartstown was shambolic.  He sends off the keeper for wasting time yet the actual time he wasted himself running to linesmen and Umpires killed of what was a great game in the first half...  Mc Atees preformance in the Reserve Championship game Galbally v Gortin wasnt much better...   In both circumstances its not a case of whinging.  Its a case of consistant stupid decisions where common sense is not used and the game not allowed to flow..  Look at the all ireland final this year...There was no persistant stoppages,  no yellow cards every other munite.....Its not happening at the top level so why is it destroying club football in tyrone...!

Jerome Mc Elroy is to referee the Intermediate Championship Final next Sunday